Planter



G. H. WRIGHT. PLAN-TEE.

APPLICATION FIL ED APR- 7. 19-20.

Patented July 26, 1921. v

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

A TTOR/VEYS e. H. WRIGHT.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, I920.

1,385,937. Patented July 26, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- 2/ I I H 7 4Z7 6 /7 if W/ TNESSES IN VEIV TOR A TTOR/VEYS j GEORGE H. HEIGHT, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

PLANTER.

' Application filed April 7,

To all whom it may concern:

c it known that I, Greener. H. W I HT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Spokane, in thecounty of Spokane and State of lVashington, have invented a new and Improved Planter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in planters, an object of the invention being to provide improved means for controlling the dropping of the seed, which means is adjustable so as to provide for diflerent sizes of seed and is automatic and driven by the traction of the planter over the ground.

A further object is to provide improved means for opening a trench and covering the same after the seed has been dropped therein. A further object is to provide a planter i which is especially designed for garden use and may be either pushed or pulled over the ground and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction, and combinations and ar rangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a view in longitudinal section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2, showing my improved planter in use.

' 2 is a top plan view shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged improved seed cove'rer. V

' l i 4t is a view in elevation of the trench forming plow.

F 5 is an enlarged view in vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the seed box with the cover removed.

F 7 is a view in section on the staggered line 7-7 of Fig. 6. r

l, 1 representa pair of traction wheels supporting an axle 2 and turning the latter.

frame 3 is mounted on the axle 2 and supports a platform 4 on which a seed boX 5 is mounted. A downwardly and rearwardly projecting bracket 6 is secured to the platform 4.- and is provided at its lower end with a removable trowel or plow 7 which is adapted to open a trench in the ground for the reception of the seed.

A seed guiding tube 8 is fixed to the platform 4 and at its upper end registers with the seed outlet opening 9 111 said platof the device plan view of my Specification of Letters Patent.

' ing the same and I is located on the platform Patented July 26', 1921*. 1920. Serial no. 371,968.

form. The lower of the plow 7 so as to drop the seed into the trench.

10 represents my improved covering de sides of the trench toward the center there-.

of, while the rear end of the plate 12oper' ates to spread the soil evenly and cover the seed. Handles 1.5 are fixed to the platform suitable portion of the 4 or to any other planter and they may be operated to. force or guide the planter over the ground.

It is, of course, might be operated may be either operated by man power or by any suitable draft or device.

The seed box 5 is of form and provided with cover 16. A seed feeding plate or disk '17 tutes the bottom of the seed box and a conical deflector 18 is mounted above the plate? 17 and operates to direct the seed in the box into anyof a ing pockets 19 adjacent the outer edge of the disk 17. These pockets 19 are the top and bottom and have upwardly proj ecting walls upper surface of the disk 17 so as to efi ectually carry one or rate seed plates seed with shape shape of seed.

are provided for different A vertical shaft 21 has rotary mounting in an opening 22 in platform 4 and is provided with a collar 22 bearing against the disk 17. The upper screw threaded end 23' of the shaft 21 extends through the apex of 7 deflector l8 and a set nut 24 is downwardly upon the threaded end the conical screwed 23 exerting the necessary frictional contact l of the deflector 18 with the disk 17 to compel said disk and deflector to turn with the shaft 21.

A beveled pinion 25 is lowerend of the shaft 21 and is driven by a beveled gear 26 loose on the axle 2. A clutch 27 is provided on the axle 2 and is operated by means of a lever 28 so as to provided on the end of this tube .8 is spaced above the ground and located in rear a clamping and at its obvious that the planter. either by pulling or push animal general cylindrical a removable top or 4 which consticircular series of seed receiv open at 20 spaced slightlyabove the more seeds therein. Sepaof pockets according to which the seeds are carried in the pockets19.

i move the clutch into locked engagement with vice from place to p the gear 26 or to release the gear from said locked engagement 'to' allow the traction wheels'to turn freely when moving the adelace Without operating 7 the seed dropping mechanism.

means of a bolt 31-and nut82, the bolt being projected througha slot33: int'he wall olfthe seed box.

In the seed box 51 provide a seed'receiv ing housing 29'wl1ich is supported by a bracket 30, the latter, adjustable vertically and secured at any: desiredadjustment by This housing 29 is of angular shape, as shown clearly'in Fig. 5,"and'1ts depending wall. smade with a re'cess3'4c'under A pivotally supported gate35 isconnected to the side of the housing 29'and is likewise made in itslower edge with a recess '36. This gate is in lowered position when the device 7 is feeding small seed and is elevated or raised to the dottedlin'e position shown in'Fig. 7 whenthe device is using larger seed such as itsffree end is made with a depending proj ection'37 which fits over the pockets 19 and.

peas,etc. This :gate 35 and'theside wall of the housingQQ operate to hold back the excess of seed and allow asubstantially small 'uantity of seed to pass into the housing and througl the'housing to dropping position over the opening 9. A. spring tongue 36. ls-connected to the housing and ad acent operates to eject any seed which may stick therein and also prevents possibility of other seed falling through the pocket when the lata ter is in discharging positions InFig'. 5 I illustrate the wall of the seed box .5 as secured to the platform 4: by means of tacks, or nails 38,. while in Fig. 1 I illustrate a different form of attachment which consists in providing an upright bracket 39 on the platform l and secure the seedibox by means of a bolt 40 and man. It is ob vious that theparticular manner of connecting'the seed box with the platform can be varied to suit thefltrade.

' fThe operation is as follows: As the wheels 1. g0' over the ground, they revolve the axle 2 and when the gear 26 islocked to theaxle by means of the clutch 27, motion will be t transmitted to the shaft 21 through the medium of the pinion 25. The shaft 21 will cause the disk 17 and conical deflector 18 to revolve and the pockets 19 in the disk 17 will, carry. the seed through the housing 29 and drop the seed through the opening 9. The seed will then be guided by the tube 8 into thetrench made by the plow 7 and the covering device 10 will close the trench to cover the seed as it is planted.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myselfito" the precise details set forth, but considermyself at liberty "to'makesuch changesand alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of the appended claims. 5

I claim: I

1. A planter, con lprisin'g a seed box having an outlet opening in its bottom,a disk onthe bottom of the seed box having adj acent its edge'a circular series ofseed openings or pockets, said pockets having walls projecting slightly. above the surface ofthe disk, a conical deflector i secured centrally on the disk and directing theseed into .the pockets, means 'for controlling the discharge of seed'rrom the pockets throughsaid outlet, said means comprising a housing having an opening for thepassag'e-of the pockets. a pivoted gate controlling said opening and a spring tongue adapted to eject seeds through the bottom ofthe pockets.-

2. A seed dispensing mechanism 'forplanters comprising .a seed box, a rotary disk in the seed box having acircularser'ies of seed pockets extending therethrough, said pockets having raised walls, means directing the seeds into the pockets, a bracket secured to the inner wall of the seed box, a

housing supported bythe bracket and spaced slightly above the face of T-the disk, said housing'having an opening therein permitting the passage of the pockets therethrough,

a gate controllingthe opening, and aspring tongue secured to the houslng and adapted to e ect seeds from'the pockets,-sa1d.tongue formed with its intermediate portion bent. downwardly to engage the seeds in the pockets. a

3. A seed dispensing meohanism'for plant ers comprising a rotary dlSkllLVlIlg a circular serles of pockets extending therethrough with raised walls, means for directing the seeds into the pockets, means consnonen n. WRlG-HT. 

